[mew-int 00582] Re: POP/SMTP Process life

[Kazu Yamamoto ( 山本和彦 )]

From: Dhruva Krishnamurthy <ykd at example.com>
Subject: [mew-int 00567] Re: POP/SMTP Process life

> Is there a way of fixing this because the automatic checking of new
> mails from the POP server depends on this. If the process is still
> alive when the timer or frequency of polling for mails is reached, it
> finds a process and fails.

Use
    (when (mew-summary-exclusive-p)
      )
and repeat this code periodically. 

> If you are accessing the Internet through a proxy server and the proxy
> server has port 25 and 110 blocked for security reasons, there is a
> way of sending POP/SMTP commands through the HTTP port which is
> 80. You will be connected to the proxy thru port 8080 usually. So,
>     from the local machine you open a POP connection thru proxy using
>     the HTTP port and communicate thru is tunnel. This is not done
>     usually but these days with corporate networks behind firewalls
>     and proxys, it is becomming very common.
> 
> with best regards,

Set mew-pop-port.

--Kazu